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Microsoft has once again sent a congratulatory cake to Mozilla, this time for the release of Firefox 5. This is the fourth cake the software giant has sent; it's become a tradition that is celebrated upon major version releases of the open-source browser.
While it's not really a huge deal, it's worth noting that the cake Microsoft sent this time is noticeably smaller. It appears that the company is trying to cut costs (Mozilla has announced it is releasing at least four major versions this year), is poking fun at the fact that a major release of Firefox is no longer really a big thing, or both.
In any case, here is the relevant tweet from Damon Sicore, VP of Engineering at Mozilla, and an accompanying picture:
Just received the congrats cake. From all at Mozilla, thank you, Microsoft. We love you, too. :) http://img.ly/5k48
The tradition began in October 2006, when the Internet Explorer 7 development team sent a cake to Mozilla for successful shipping Firefox 2. Given the state of the browser wars at the time, many joked about the cake being poisoned, while others teasingly suggested that Mozilla send a cake back along with the recipe, in reference to the fact that the organization produces open-source software. The IE8 development team sent another cake on June 17, 2008, when Firefox 3 was released. The last cake was sent in March 2011, after the release of Firefox 4.
Mozilla still plans on shipping Firefox 6.0 and Firefox 7.0 before the end of year. Firefox 6 is slated for an August 2011 release. The non-profit organization has promised to push out a new stable build every six weeks, so it's possible we may even see Firefox 8.0 and Firefox 9.0 before the year is out.
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Cota said:
stewi0001 said:I guess Mozilla must really be cake hungery since I remember that last one being post on here was not that long ago.
Had any one of you guys tough that the Mozilla guys may have a cake fetish?
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Cota: I wonder if this may make Google feel lonely in the bushes ............
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Mozilla: slow down a lil bit, half of my add-ons stopped working after upgrade. let those run with you, not behind you..
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Puiu said:
I see a few people that say that FF 5 has addon problems. It's not their fault.
FF5 doesn't change anything important in the addons manager. Just remove the compatibility checker and i'm sure you addon will work with no problems. (as long as has been updated to work for FF4 at least)
I have no problems with my addons but since i know what i'm doing i don't install crappy addons.
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There other cakes were better!
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I think they know that they'll need to send more cakes so they are just saving the money hence the 'smaller' cakes Leeky.
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I think they know that they'll need to send more cakes so they are just saving the money hence the 'smaller' cakes Leeky.
They should have sent an even larger cake... Would make a more profound statement IMHO.
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Guest said:
After trying FireFox 5, the IE team should have sent them a cupcake. I mean FF 5 is just a few bug fixes and not much more. It really should be FF 4.2 but since Mozilla has changed the major version to really now be a minor version, the IE team should just send them a bonbon with each release.
You obviously didn't see the cake for FF4: it was quite large (at least as I remember it) - so this cake is appropriate in size in direct comparison.
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Guest said:
Mozilla: slow down a lil bit, half of my add-ons stopped working after upgrade. let those run with you, not behind you..
All of my addons are sitting pretty.
Maybe you should ease up on the social networking?
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